From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: error entering dired Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:07:06 +1300 Message-ID: <18293.40378.231191.394693@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <87odccynw0.fsf@trollope.org> <87k5mydgoj.fsf@trollope.org> <87ir2i4njx.fsf@member.fsf.org> <18293.26873.895095.827498@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87wsqycrew.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198890479 22544 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2007 01:07:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:07:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: reader@newsguy.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 29 02:08:10 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J8QB6-0002LA-Ss for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:07:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8QAl-0004hl-NV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8QAU-0004ec-TN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8QAT-0004bX-Cm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8QAT-0004bP-9B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:13 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8QAS-0004iz-SU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:07:13 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (154.31.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.31.154]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 921BF3DA3A9; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:07:08 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 11F978FC6D; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:07:07 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <87wsqycrew.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.50.17 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50375 Archived-At: reader@newsguy.com writes: > Sorry to butt into this with a different topic but what does the > uppercase Q signify? > > emacs --help and `man emacs' show nothing using -Q (uppercase) Then you must have Emacs 21 or earlier. Emacs 22 gives: --quick, -Q equivalent to -q --no-site-file --no-splash -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob